Main Data
Shooting data was downloaded from NYC Open Data, with two separate datasets for 2025 data and for historical (2006-2024) data. When combined, the two datasets have a total of 3,103 independent observations across 24 variables. These variables include information such as the age/gender/race of the perpetrator, the age/gender/race of the victim, the day on which the shooting took place, the time at which it took place, its general location (whether or not it was indoors, whether or not it took place within an apartment), and whether or not it was a fatal shooting.
